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" ' " J Here Comes Shishak Shisbak of EgyptA EgyptGREAT Egypt EgyptA A GREAT AT evil e\11 e 11 es11 \ that came C'lme Clme rime ' tv to toblight tvblight to/\ to toblight kingdomI AGR A / \ blight tlie the northern kingdomwa'3 kingdomwas kingdom I \ was wa'3 wa3 ' religious rellgIous coiruption cOlrupton corruption ! andI andmoral andmoral and andmoral I moral decay dec'lY declY decry ' . . One leason season forthat for forthat II forII IIthat that " was "as as ssas the continued presence ofthousands of ofthousands ofthousands thousands of Canaanltes Canaanites Canaanttes in the ancient nn an nncJent ancient cJent cient cities of the north . . In the thesouth thesouth thesouth south , where there had never beenmany been beenmany beenmany many cities , the Canaanltes Canaanites had been beendispersed beendispersed dispersed throughout the country countrysIde countryside countryside sIde , and thus had been stampedout stamped stampedout stampedout out But In Israel Ismel , , " where "here here they had hadhad hadhad liadhad had cities cltles In \ which hlch to congregate congregatethey , they had h.ld hld . sun survived surstsed 1\ 1 \ 1ed ed And althoughthey although althoughthey althoughthey they were a subject people for cen centunes centurns ccntunes tunes turns , still they clung to their an ancient andent andent cient dent beliefs bellefs and find practices Indeed IndeedInstead , , Inste'ld Insteld instead ' of giving gising gh lng them up , , these thesenon thesenon thesenon non Hebrews lIebrews succeeded succeede In teachIng teach teachIng teachIng Ing them to their conqueror conquero conquerors conquerorsThere : , There \ was ssas \ as a further reason tor for forapostasy torapost'1sy forapostasy apost'1sy apost1sy apostasy ' in the northern kingdom kingdomLhe 1.in 1in . kingdomIhe dom dom'lhe 'lhe lhe ' continual stream of cara\anc cara anc carasans carasansfrom caravansfiom \ ; flom from foreign lands hnds brought the thekno theknowledge theknowledge kno\\ kno knoledge knowledge \ ledge of many man ; > strange hods hodsand godsand ods odsand and cults cuH'3 cuH3 ' to the Israelites Judah Tudah Judahin Tudahin Tudahin in the south was sate s'1fe s1fe safe ' fioin flom from such suchfOlclgn suchforeign suchfoieign fOlclgn foreign influences Shut in among amongtbe amongthe amongthe tbe the hills , its men coul could remain remam rematlt unwavering un unwavering wavering \ a .enng enng . In their lo loyalty 1Hy ' to Te TeLosah T TeLovah e eLo Lo\ Lo Loah Losah \ ah But Isiael ISI'lel ISIlel Israel ' , with frontiers frontiersopen frontiersopen frontiersopen open to Phoenicia Phoemcl'l Phoemcll Phoenicli ' and Syria Syrl1 , , and andhighways andhighways andhighways highways thionged thlOngcd thronged \ with Ith tr'1der tr1der trader tradersfiom ' . , flom from e everi esery , er end of the tile e 1rtl1-Isracl 1rtl1 Isracl errth-Israel errth Israel errthIsraelcould eirth 1rtl1Israclcould - Israelcould could not escape esc1pe corruptionSuch corruptIOnSuch corruption corruptionSuch Such , , in brief brJCf , \ were \ cre the d1tTel differ d1tTelenccs differences dllTciences enccs ences bet between " een Isiael ISl'lel ISllel istael ' and Judah'ihe Judah'lhe Judah JudahIhe ' Ihe 'lhe lhe 'ihe northern kingdom hIngdom \ was as three threetimes threetimes threetimes times the size SI7C of the southernJu southernJudah southern southernJudah Ju Judah 1h ' \ was 'IS IS ' rocky rochy , ( dr fry : } , isolated l&olatcdand lolatcdand & olate- olate olateand - , and ex-posed ex posed e\-po"ed e po"ed poed exposed \ . - - " onli only onl to tlie the r'll rll raids ' s of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Bedouins It remained remallled I ugely lirgely lirgelypastoral lirgelypastoral ugelyp1storal p1storal pastoral , and never ne\er ne er neser \ saw S'lW SlW ' much much"ealth muchwealth muchwealth "ealth ealth wealth " But nut pu pcihaps pcihips h'lp hlp ' foi fOl for those thoscvciyreasons vCIY very vCIYreasons veryreasons reasons Ju Judah 1h ' dl did not go so fast or orso orso orso so ' . far 1.r 1r fir to'II toward tow to\\ to \ 'II II ' aid d destruction dcstructlOn dcstructlOnLet destructionLet destructionLet Let us retuin return retm n now no\\ no noto \ to the storyof story storyof storyof of the first two ] kings , lllgS of Isiael IS1'lel IS1lel Israel ' and andJudah .ln ln . andJudah Judah Relioboam nehoboam Rehoboam , the heir lIelr tQ to tQSolomon toSolomons toSolomons Solomon Solomons s throne \ was 1S ' spumed spmnell spurned 'It It at atSiiechem 'ItShechern ' atSliccheni She-chern She chern Siiechem - bi by b tlie the rebellious north northelI1ers northeners northeincrs elI1ers eners 'ln ln ' and forced to take t'llc tllc ' , refu refuge e In InJerusalem inJerusalem InJerusalem Jerusalem But nut he vvas "as as was " far f'lr flr fir ' flom fiom fiomreconciled flomreconciled fiomreconciled reconciled to tlie the loss locs ; of tlie the north northand , , 'l1ld l1ld and ' ' as 'IS IS soon as he was W'1S W1S ' 'lssured lssured assured assuredof 'lssuredof ' assuredof of the SUPPOI suppoit support t of Tudah JUI.l'l.h JUIll.h JUIllh . ' . he ' st'1rte st1rte started startedto startedto ' to \ war 'lr lr ' on the rebels Tlie The Blule Bible Blulelecords Biblerecords Bibleiccords lecords records no Incidents of this war warbut , but I Kings 14 30 O declares de-chres de chres - that it itraged itraged Itraged raged continually contim1'llh contim1llh continuills ' throughout thedays the thedajs thedas dajs days ; of Rehohoam ReholO'lm ReholOlm Rehoboam ) ' and lInd Jerobonm Jeroboam JerobonmAnd JeroboamAnd JeroboamAnd And tills this natm'111ga natuiallv natm'111\ natm'111 natm111 natiniils ' \ ga\ ga gave gae gale \ e the neigh neighborIng neighboring nolgliboring borIng nations their long 'lw'llted lwllted iwaited 'lw'lltedch'1nce iwaitedchance ' awaitedchance ' ch'1nce ch1nce chance ' to plunder Palestine . , . five fivevears fiveyears Fivevears vears years after Solomon's Solomons ' death , Shis Sliis Sliishak Shishak Shishak hak I of Eglpt Egypt g pt raided r'llded rllded ' the wai wal war torn tornland tornland tornland tornlandThe land landThe The Invader did not confine hIs hisdepredations hisdepredations depred'l depredl depredations ' Jons to Ju Judah ah Although Althoughlie Althoughhe he lie had h1d hid shelteied shelteled sheltered Jeroboam during duringthe duringthe duringthe the days dare : ; when the latter l'lttcr llttcr litter ' was a fu fugltive fugitive fugitive gltive gitive from Solomon , , the 'C C ' Egyptians Egyptiansdid Egyptiansdid ptlans ptlansdid did not hesitate heslt'lte hesltlte ' to r1i raid the ferri fern ferritory ferntory ferritory tory of \ vvhidi whlch \ hlth Jeioboam Jeloboam Jeroboam , \ was \ as now nowhing nowking nov/king nov king / hing king But nut Relioboam nehoboam Rehoboam ] in n Judah Jud'1h Jud1h ' suf suf- suffered suffered suffered - fered by ' far f'1r f1r the greater gi gl eater loss logs lo < : s Manyof Many Manyot Manyof ot of his fortresses foi fOl tresses trcsccs ; , were "ere ere , " bm buint burnt nt to tbe the tbeground theground theground ground , and nnd tlie the capital c'lpltal clpltal ' itself was waslobbed wasiobbcd waslobbed lobbed iobbcd of much of the tbe he'lsure helsure treasure treasurewhich tieasurewhich ' which \ hich Solomon had stored there thereThe thereThe thereThe The temple was W'lS WlS ' stripped strJpped and nnd five fivehundred fivehundred fivehundred hundred gold shields shlclds adorulcg adonlng adorning : , the thearmory thearmory thearmory armory were stolen And Rehoboam Rchoboamson , , Bon son of the fabulously \ wealthy ealthy Solo Solo- Solomon Solomon Solomon - - mon , , W'1 W1 was ' left practically b'1n1.1 b1n1.1 b1n11 banhi bankiiipt bankiiiptShishak ' . np.t npt upt . . . Shishak Slnshal . " withdrew "lthdrew lthdrew but the two twolittle t twolittle " 0 0little little klngdoms h1ngdom kingdoms > did not soon recover recoverfrom recoverfrom recoverfrom from tlie the blows he had struck struch themVassals themVassals them themVass'lls Vass'lls Vasslls Vassals ' no now " to Lgj Egipt Egypt pt , and desper desperately desperately csper csperately ately poor , , they bOoOn be'ln beln began ' ; ' to fallay fall \\ay ay army armyinto \ awayInto \ ayInto Into degeneracy . . L\ L Even Len Esen \ en In Judah Judah.which Judahwhich , . , which v . hlch had h'ld hld ' al always " ays been more faith faithCu1 faithSul faithful Cu1 Sul : to Jehovah , the people took to toworshIpIng toworshiping toworshiping worshIpIng stone pillars 1111hrs pillirs and woodenIdols wooden woodenIdols woodenIdols Idols on eveiy e'rC1Y erC1Y every ' high liill hill bill and nnd in e\ e eerj esery eserygros everigrove \ erj erjgro gro\ gro gros groe \ e a of trees In Israel It wac was wasw wasworse ; "orse orse w " orse still Fortunes of Two KingdomsR KingdomsEHOBOAM Kingdoms RIIIOBOAU R > ; EHOBOAM of Judah died about aboutthe aboutthe aboutv the ) icar sear ear 923 023 Be B C , . , after try try- trying trying trying - ing for ; some come twel\ twel twelve twele twetse \ e years to crus crush crushthe crusUthe the rebel kingdom blngl10m in the north Ab Abi Abijam Abijam ! jam , his son , succeeded to the thethrone thethrone thethrone throne and continued the war onIsrael on onJsncl onIsrael Jsncl Israel But then peace ellsue ensued fora for forn fora n a \ while hile , , for AbIJain's AbIJains AbIj1m's AbIj1ms Abljitn's Abljitns ' successor Sllccessor , , As'l Asl Asa Asawas ' , , was \ as mOl moiG more C interested Interectcd ; in de\elopinl de elopinl developing developingJudah developingJudah " \ : Judah than in accomplishing tht the thedownfall thedownfall ' do\\nfall do nfall downfall \ of Israe\ Israe Israeli IsraeAsa IsraeliAsa IsrneL \ " , Asa leigne ieigned ieignedsome icignedsome I Isome some 11 H years yenrs and and\luring and luring ' \ lurIng during < that tl1at timehe time timehe I he labored most earnestly to cleanse cle'lnse clelnse ' JJJriah Jah 11ad had ot of the thed thetdolat tdolat tdolata idola 1n4 a f 51 d crept Into the theBut But Israel fared tared tar fat ing this 1 t " ' haJf half cents centnl cft f } : "ho ho " ho had founded foundo foundesuccederi , ] the . 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C \ CIng clag ing lag his cause C'lUSc ClUSc cruse ' was I lot lo , suicide after a rPlgll rPiga rpigno't rpignot rpigno'tand of ofi 0 ' i and then a new drn cIi1 r.t rt ra . rat t between betiseen bet rabetiseen " cen Omrl Owrl and inbr aia to date aiadate for the throne , Tibi Tib Tibyears Tifci1iears ! years eUB tins tlus this wasteful wastt'lnl wasttlnl wastPfol ' ! ttt trd K Ktinued . tinued hnued , until Tibiniws Tiblnl Tlblnl Tibini TU 115 ws ' ( aOmrl Omr1 Omrl " was "as as left trlul\ trlul triumphal trlultul trlumpiatt ! \ tul , 5 ble bie 5ble 5bie iboctOa'itliat iboctOaitliat tells tens ns tJs us little aOOet about O Oy ' tteqIsrael that during dl1r1n Ms his rcl reign rcintlc ; n tteq tb ( ; Israel " was 118 mo\ mo nuncd mocd moied \ cd to Sazinew Siti Sazi a inew ne new " , sIteas site -v v - \ was \\as as on a hiHtji hlhlt4t hiHtjiv hlhlt4ts hm4 ; s \ ci-i ci i eQ cry - center of the l1Dg1 ltgkg ltgkgwho l-lD l lD - . a ; who \ was 19 ' probably an aniV i . .Y Y t tsaw tsavv Sl\\\ Sl saw Slthat \ \ that the lilll bill hill of Sho Sbozr-r Sbozr r Sbozrrmeans Slios - tmeans me'lns melns means ' the "vratcti vratcti "watcb watcb "wateb wateb " tOlfEr-n tOlfEr n tower-iii tower iii tOlfErnnlficently toweriiinificently tower-C'nificently tower C'nificently Cnificently " - - ! 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